threefold
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adjective \ˈthrē-ˌfōld, -ˈfōld\Definition of THREEFOLD
2
: being three times as great or as many <a threefold increase>
— three·fold \-ˈfōld\ adverb
See Examples of THREEFOLD
- <a threefold approach to solving the problem>
First Known Use of THREEFOLD
before 12th century
Related to THREEFOLD
- Synonyms
- triple, treble, triadic, tripartite, triplex
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Rhymes with THREEFOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
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